The Unique Quality Of "Lifelong Heterosexual Monogamy" Ctd

[U]nless Douthat is prepared to call for laws that would compel straight
people to live up to the same "sexual ideal" of marriage that somehow justifies discrimination against same-sex couplesand call for laws that
would punish straight people who fail to live up to that
ideal (no more marriage licenses for you, Mr. Limbaugh)then
Douthat's case for discrimination is just another serving of bullshit patties
(albeit a fresher one) and Douthat himself is just another conservative
scaremonger scapegoating gay people for the failings of straight people.

Instead of holding heterosexuals up to a rigorous standard of
conductno divorce, harsh & unforgiving attitude toward
infidelitywe’re going to discriminate against the gay and lesbian
minority and then congratulate ourselves on what a good job we’re doing
of upholding our ideals.

[I]f the arguments for the objective superiority of heterosexual monogamy
are as apparent and compelling as Douthat seems to think, they ought
not need the secular thumb pressing on the scale in favor of their
view. Individuals on their own will come to see the rightness of
Douthat's views on such matters -- or will be persuaded by the
religious institutions and societal mores which teach the same thing --
and, attracted by its "distinctive and remarkable" virtues, will opt
for a life of heterosexual monogamy. Why does Douthat need the State
-- secular law -- to help him in this cause?

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